Collocations withshrub

These are words often used in combination withshrub.

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deciduous shrub
It is a deciduous shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 36 m.
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dense shrub
Forests growing on clayey soils usually have a dense shrub layer and an abundance of large herbs and tree ferns.
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desert shrub
The area is a desert shrub or pinyon-juniper woodland plant community.
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dwarf shrub
Growing to 1020 cm in height, it is a strongly branched dwarf shrub.
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evergreen shrub
An example of an evergreen shrub that might, in particular circumstances, grow above that height, is a drimys.
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flowering shrub
This multi-branching, re-sprouting, flowering shrub reaches about 1 metre in height.
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low shrub
The name appears to have come from the rising land in the area having heath or low shrub-like vegetation on it.
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shrub layer
Secondary forest had higher levels of terrestrial browse and a denser understorey shrub layer.
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